2018 Irish 8th Amendment (Abortion) Referendum

[Oryxslayer]

Offaly 58.05% - 41.95%
Tipperary 59.15% - 40.85%


Nation as a whole, 13/40

Yes
65.65%
No
34.35%

[Tender Branson]

22/40 regions have been counted:

66% Yes
34% No

64% turnout.

[Tender Branson]

30/40 regions have been counted:

68% Yes
32% No

65% turnout.

[Oryxslayer]

The region with the lowest support right now is Roscommon-Galway, with 57.21% - 42.79% for Yes. In 2015, it was the only region to vote against Gay Marriage.

[Tintrlvr]

The region with the lowest support right now is Roscommon-Galway, with 57.21% - 42.79% for Yes. In 2015, it was the only region to vote against Gay Marriage.

Mayo came in just now at 57.07% Yes, so slightly less than Roscommon-Galway. Still possible that Donegal, Sligo-Leitrim or Cavan-Monaghan could be stronger for No than Mayo (I could even see Donegal actually voting No).

Also, the constituencies have changed since the same-sex marriage referendum. Results in the former Roscommon-South Leitrim are not directly translatable to the current Roscommon-Galway (especially since Leitrim is a more socially conservative area than Galway).

Dun Laoghaire at 77.06% Yes is the strongest Yes thus far, narrowly ahead of Dublin Fingal at 76.96% Yes; the only possible remaining constituency that could beat it is Dublin Bay South.

[MAINEiac4434]

Every. Single. Constiuency.

Not even same-sex marriage could say that.

[jeron]

Dublin Bay South is in and has the highest support (78.5%). Donegal is reportedly very close and now seems to be at 52% no.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

So right now the results are within the MOE of both the exit polls.

[America Needs R'hllor]

Social change in Ireland has been seismic.
1980: Contraception legalized by prescription for family planning purposes only.
1983: Constitutional ban on abortion introduced by referendum. Life of the unborn equals the life of the mother.
1985: Contraception becomes available at pharmacies for over 18s without prescription.
1986: Referendum to remove the constitutional ban on divorce fails.
1993: Condoms no longer classified as contraceptives and become widely available. Homosexual activity decriminalized.
1995: Divorce legalized by referendum -- 50.3% in favor.
2003: Morning after pill becomes available with a prescription only.
2011: Morning after pill becomes available without a prescription.
2015: Marriage Equality legalized by referendum.

This is beautiful

[IndustrialJustice]

What a wonderful day. Anything is possible.

[YE]

Wait divorce wasn't legal in Ireland till 1995? I knew Ireland was conservative but I didn't know this.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Congrats Ireland on joining the civilized world by putting choice and those progressive feels over lives.

Quelle libertarien

Haven't you heard? You use the libertarianism card only when the poor want to live normally or the gays don't want to be discriminated by businesses or something.

Not true

Of course, not for all libertarians. But for some, like the quoted poster or Rand\Ron Paul? Definitely is.

YES! Chock one up for the good guys.

Some demographic breakdowns are coming in from the exit poll now. Only age group to vote 'no' was over 65s. Helps the interpretation that the fanatical resistance to abortion, at least in Ireland, is a product of a generation.

https://twitter.com/lisaocarroll/status/1000275400495386625

Yep, proves once more that history is not on the side of the pro-life movement, and in a few decades, it might become a marginal force at best, maybe with some strength only in the U.S.

Rand and Ron are also libertarian on foreign policy and civil liberties and they talk about that a lot

[Tintrlvr]

The region with the lowest support right now is Roscommon-Galway, with 57.21% - 42.79% for Yes. In 2015, it was the only region to vote against Gay Marriage.

Mayo came in just now at 57.07% Yes, so slightly less than Roscommon-Galway. Still possible that Donegal, Sligo-Leitrim or Cavan-Monaghan could be stronger for No than Mayo (I could even see Donegal actually voting No).

Cavan-Monaghan at 55.46% Yes, currently the lowest. Still nothing from Donegal or Sligo-Leitrim.

[Tintrlvr]

YES! Chock one up for the good guys.

Some demographic breakdowns are coming in from the exit poll now. Only age group to vote 'no' was over 65s. Helps the interpretation that the fanatical resistance to abortion, at least in Ireland, is a product of a generation.

https://twitter.com/lisaocarroll/status/1000275400495386625

Fianna Fail supporters voting No is interesting. I suppose it's another sign that Fianna Fail should change its name to "Fianna Fail - the Pensioners' Party" given that even rural voters and farmers were overall Yes. Not the best sign for the party's long-term chances of revival.

[Tender Branson]

FINAL result (40/40 regions counted):

66.4% YES, repeal the strict abortion law
33.6% No

Turnout: 64.1%

Only 1 region voted against: Donegal (51.9%) in the North of Ireland.

https://www.rte.ie/news/eighth-amendment/results

[cp]

There's something immensely satisfying in seeing this amendment repealed by virtually the exact same margin by which it was adopted.

For reference, the 1983 vote (to adopt the amendment) was:

Yes: 66.9%
No: 33.1%

(Turnout was only 53%, btw. About 1.2M voters overall)

[Wisconsin+17]

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Nice of you to so candidly trace out the agenda. Funny thing about 'victories' is that you might not like where you end up.

[AndyHogan14]

FINAL result (40/40 regions counted):

66.4% YES, repeal the strict abortion law
33.6% No

Turnout: 64.1%

Only 1 region voted against: Donegal (51.9%) in the North of Ireland.

https://www.rte.ie/news/eighth-amendment/results

Oh Ulster...you truly are an, let's say, interesting province...

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Social change in Ireland has been seismic.
1980: Contraception legalized by prescription for family planning purposes only.
1983: Constitutional ban on abortion introduced by referendum. Life of the unborn equals the life of the mother.
1985: Contraception becomes available at pharmacies for over 18s without prescription.
1986: Referendum to remove the constitutional ban on divorce fails.
1993: Condoms no longer classified as contraceptives and become widely available. Homosexual activity decriminalized.
1995: Divorce legalized by referendum -- 50.3% in favor.
2003: Morning after pill becomes available with a prescription only.
2011: Morning after pill becomes available without a prescription.
2015: Marriage Equality legalized by referendum.

There is no doubt this will be called a revolution in the history books.

[JGibson]

This is a day of celebration, as the harsh 8th Amendment is now kaput.

[Crumpets]

Should Roe ever get overturned, I have no doubt US public opinion would start to look a lot more like those results than what we see today.

[America Needs R'hllor]

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Nice of you to so candidly trace out the agenda. Funny thing about 'victories' is that you might not like where you end up.

Lol, you can speak in an ominous language all you want but you've just said nothing at all. You've lost.

[GMantis]

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Nice of you to so candidly trace out the agenda. Funny thing about 'victories' is that you might not like where you end up.

Yes, the horror of arbitrary morality not being enforced by the state!

[Panhandle Progressive]

Social change in Ireland has been seismic.
1980: Contraception legalized by prescription for family planning purposes only.
1983: Constitutional ban on abortion introduced by referendum. Life of the unborn equals the life of the mother.
1985: Contraception becomes available at pharmacies for over 18s without prescription.
1986: Referendum to remove the constitutional ban on divorce fails.
1993: Condoms no longer classified as contraceptives and become widely available. Homosexual activity decriminalized.
1995: Divorce legalized by referendum -- 50.3% in favor.
2003: Morning after pill becomes available with a prescription only.
2011: Morning after pill becomes available without a prescription.
2015: Marriage Equality legalized by referendum.

There is no doubt this will be called a revolution in the history books.

Yeah! Thanks to those who had my back. I'm glad to see the STELLAR progress in under four decades or roughly 14,000 days.   <------ I did the math

[Kevinstat]

Only 1 region voted against: Donegal (51.9%) in the North of Ireland.

I've heard County Donegal (including Bundoran, Ballyshannon and Ballintra, which are in the Sligo-Leitrim(-south Donegal-west Cavan) constituency) went narrowly for the "Yes" side, as the raw vote margin of victory for "Yes" in the part of County Donegal in Sligo-Leitrim was greater than the margin for "No" in the Donegal constituency.  Looking at the results in the other constituencies, it seems likely that every County or equivalent in the Republic went for the "Yes" side.  But I haven't received verification on that.